Jane Catherine Rohu b. c.1845

Also known as Ada Jane Rohu, Jane Catherine Tost, Ada Jane Coates
  • Artist
Taxidermist, who worked with her mother Jane Tost. For over forty years (1860-1900) Jane Tost and Ada Jane Rohu were the most consistent and most successful NSW women exhibitors at international exhibitions, winning at least twenty medals between them.
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Name
Jane Catherine Rohu
Also known as:
  • Ada Jane Rohu
  • Jane Catherine Tost
  • Ada Jane Coates
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist
Other Occupation
  • actress (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • taxidermists (ANZSIC code: 2599)
Birth date
c.1845
Birth place
England
Death date
1928
Death place
Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales
Active Period
  • 1860 - 1900
Arrival
  • 1855
Residence
  • c.1896 - c.1899 10 Moore Street (Martin Place), Sydney, New South Wales
  • c.1872 - c.1896 60 William Street, (East) Sydney, New South Wales
  • c.1864 - c.1900 Sydney, New South Wales
  • c.1855 - c.1864 Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land , Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
Cultural Heritage
  • English
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
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References [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Birth Records: 1090/1871'.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records: 14993/1928'.>, <ExternalResource: Sear, Martha (March 1996), '"Most Curious and Peculiar": Women Taxidermists in Colonial Sydney', Mackay Museum, University of Sydney, New South Wales, .>, <ExternalResource: Tyrell, James R. (1952), 'Old Books, Old Friends, Old Sydney', Sydney, New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: Strachan, Ronald (1979), 'Rare and Curious Specimens', Sydney, New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: Sear, Martha (1996), 'Nineteenth Century Women's Work Exhibitions', PhD thesis (in progress) University of Sydney and '"Most Curious and Peculiar": Women Taxidermists in Colonial Sydney', Mackay Museum exhibition leaflet, Sydney, March 1996.>, <ExternalResource: 'Australian Museum Archives', Sydney, New South Wales: Australian Museum.>, <ExternalResource: 'Archives of the Royal Society of Tasmania', Hobart: Royal Society of Tasmania.>, <ExternalResource: (1893), 'Art and Handicraft in the Women's Building, World's Columbian Exposition', Chicago, Illinois, USA.>] [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Birth Records: 1090/1871'.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records: 14993/1928'.>, <ExternalResource: Sear, Martha (March 1996), '"Most Curious and Peculiar": Women Taxidermists in Colonial Sydney', Mackay Museum, University of Sydney, New South Wales, .>]